because verily nobody is stupid enough to buy something they can download legally! Right? Right!? I mean come on, people don't even buy stuff they can download illegally anymore...

True, except things like this have a habit of gaining legitimacy in the "mainstream" when you're allowed to pay for them.
Unfortunately, $20 isn't enough. People will think it's a 2nd rate product since the cost is so much lower than Windows.

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timothyon Sunday June 29, 2008 @05:36PM
from the 92-and-holding dept.

Brooklyn Bob points out this fascinating obituary of David Caminer, the first systems analyst. "The tea company he worked for developed their own hardware and software — in 1951! Quoting New Scientist: 'In today's terms it would be like hearing that Pizza Hut had developed a new generation of microprocessor, or McDonald's had invented the Internet.'"